(Aug 28): An Umno member has filed a suit against the ruling party's president Datuk Seri Najib Razak to account for the chronology of events involving the RM2.6 billion in funds channelled into his personal bank accounts.

Lawyer for the plaintiff, Hanif Khatri told The Malaysian Insider that the suit was filed at the Jalan Duta High Court registry this morning.

"Basically this is a suit by Umno for Umno, to ask the party president to account for the chronology of the movement of RM2.6 billion, where it came from, where it went, how much is left and to return it for the benefit of Umno," he said, adding that he would explain further at a press conference later today.

He said the name listed on the writ summons as plaintiff was that of a female party member.

The litigant is also applying for an injunction to restrain Umno, its Supreme Council, state liaison body, divisions and branches from taking any action against her pending the the disposal of the suit.

The sum of RM2.6 billion allegedly did not appear in Umno's audited accounts for the financial years 2013 and 2014, the statement of claim said, according to Malaysiakini.

Najib recently said he had been cleared by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts, which he said was on behalf of Umno, and not for his personal use.

Allegations of RM2.6 billion in Najib's accounts first surfaced in a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on July 2, citing documents from Malaysian investigators.

The WSJ said the source of the funds was unknown, but they had flowed through 1MDB-linked entities in various tranches, the largest of which — US$681 million — was channelled into Najib's accounts in March 2013, ahead of the general election in May that year.

MACC had said that the US$700 million which had been funnelled into Najib’s accounts was a donation and not money from 1MDB. – The Malaysian Insider